Page 94 - The Kid Who Played The Palace

KATE
(Intercom) Yes, sir.

TALCOFF
(To himself) Shapiro, we‘re even.

(Benny enters just as Talcoff‘s phone rings)

TALCOFF
(Listens) Uh-huh. (Listens) I see…uh-huh. (Listens) No. (Hangs up)

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Benny‘s struggling to balance a bulging scrap book, folder full of sheet music, pair of vaudeville
posters, and a small easel. He unloads everything onto the couch as Talcoff steps around his desk to
greet him.

TALCOFF
Mister Benjamin Rosen, Junior! Marvin Talcoff, VP of Primetime Development.

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Talcoff motions Benny to a chair, and sits back behind his desk as the phone rings again.

TALCOFF
(Listens) Uh-huh. (Listens) I see…uh-huh…uh-huh… (Listens) No. (Hangs up) As I live and breathe
…the kid who played the Palace ….

BENNY
(Happy) You followed my career!

TALCOFF
Research Department. Let‘s see, first hit the Broadway stage tender age of nine with your dad- knew
your way around a one-liner, two step, and three part harmony right from the start. Biggest child star
in the country before the talkies. Hell, tail-end of Vaudeville you owned the Palace. Sold the place
out--38 weeks was it?

BENNY
Not only that, the Times said I was—

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